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[[File:Kasula Purushotthama Kavi statue at andhra maha vishnu templeAndhra Mahavishnu Temple in Srikakulam, Krishna District.jpg|thumb|373x373px|Statue of Kasula Purushottama Kavi at Srikakulam [[Andhra Vishnu]] Temple]]<br />
'''Kasula Purushottama Kavi''' was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] poet who lived during the late 18th century ({{fl.|CE 1798}}). His parents were Kasula Appalaraju and Ramanamma. He hailed from the [[Diviseema]] area of [[Krishna District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was a court poet of the then-[[Yarlagadda Sivarama Prasad|Raja of Challapalli]], Yarlagadda Ankineedu Prasad I (r. 1792-1819) of the [[Challapalli|Challapalli ''Samasthanam'']] and possibly of his father as well.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Shulman|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUvcDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=Classical Telugu Poetry|date=2020-05-12|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-97665-8|pages=291|language=en}}</ref> Purushottama Kavi is recognized for composing literary works in Telugu consisting of one hundred poetic stanzas, known as [[Satakam|satakams]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HTluAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=History and Culture of the Andhras|date=1995|publisher=Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rau Vijnana Sarvaswa Sakha, Telugu University|isbn=978-81-86073-07-0|pages=307|language=en}}</ref> <br />
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== Works ==<br />
Kasula Purushottama Kavi is known for composing the ''[[Andhra Nayaka Satakam]]'' on Srikakula Andhra Mahavishnu, apparently when the temple was occupied by raiding Muslim soldiers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Śrīnivās|first=Śiṣṭlā|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zUJJAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=The Body as Temple: Erotica from Telugu (2nd Century B.C. to 21st Century A.D.)|date=2007|publisher=Drusya Kala Deepika|pages=144|language=en}}</ref> The prominent Andhra Maha Vishnu Temple, to whose presiding deity Purushottama Kavi dedicated his ''satakam'' to, is where Vijayanagara Emperor [[Krishnadevaraya]] had a dream compelling him to write the Telugu text ''[[Amuktamalyada]]''.<ref name=":0" /> From this ''satakam's'' refrain ('killer of false believers'), there is an indication that there was religious conflict in this period.<ref name=":0" /> The taunting tone and upbraiding of the deity is a consistent theme of this ''satakam.<ref name=":0" />'' Purushottama Kavi uses three epithets to describe Andhra Mahavishnu in this ''satakam'': 'God of many miracles,' 'darling of women,' and 'Lord of Andhra in Srikakulam.'<ref name=":0" /> The twelfth poetic stanza (translated) of this ''satakam'' reads as follows:<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shulman|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUvcDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=Classical Telugu Poetry|date=2020-05-12|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-97665-8|pages=292|language=en}}</ref><br />
{{Blockquote|text=If Srikakulam is famous among the 108 temples, if it's true that you are known in all lands as “lord of Andhra," if it's true that you showed your hair to confirm the word of your priest, if it's true that, though you live in heaven, you came of your own will into this image, to be worshiped, then why don't you restore the daily rites and festivals? Otherwise, lord of Andhra in Srikakulam, no one will ever know.|author=|source=}}<br />
After hearing a recital of Purushottama Kavi's ''satakam'', the Challapalli zamindar, his patron, is said to have been moved by it and renovated the Srikakulam Andhra Vishnu Temple and restored worship there.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sitapati|first=Gidugu Venkata|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yokOAAAAYAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=History of Telugu Literature|date=1968|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|pages=52|language=en}}</ref> Kasula Purushottama Kavi also composed ''Hamsaladeevi Gopala Satakam'', ''Manasa Bodha Satakam'', ''Bhakta Kalpadruma Satakam'', and ''Venugopala Satakam''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DV9uAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=A Thousand Laurels--Dr. Sadiq Naqvi: Studies on Medieval India with Special Reference to Deccan|date=2005|publisher=Felicitation Committee, Department of History & Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, Osmania University|pages=723|language=en}}</ref> Around the central [[Northern Circars|Circar Districts]], his ''Manasa Bodha'' has also been quite popular.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.engr.mun.ca/~adluri/telugu/classical/satakams/rit/andhra_nayaka.html | title=Andhra nAyaka Satakamu | author=Kasula Purushottama Kavi | publisher=engr.mun.ca | accessdate=22 February 2020}}</ref><br />
[[File:Front_view_of_Andhra_Vishnu_temple.jpg|thumb|333x333px|Front view of Andhra Vishnu temple]]<br />
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